Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): Case Report
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) may be defined as morphologically spindle cell, epithelioid, or occasionally pleomorphic mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract that usually express the KIT protein and harbour mutation of a gene that encodes for a type III receptor tyrosine kinase (either KIT or PDGFRA). In Caucasian populations their annual incidence is 10 to 15 cases per mil...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Biomedical and Advance Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2229-3809
DOI: 10.7439/ijbar.v5i1.610